Members &
Staff of COGME
Members of COGME
COGME Chair
Russell G. Robertson, M.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Family Medicine
Feinburg School of Medicine
Northwestern University
Chicago, IL
COGME Vice
Chair
Robert L. Phillips, Jr., M.D., M.S.P.H.
Director, The Robert Graham Center
Policy Studies in Family Practice and Primary Care
Washington, D.C.
Denice Cora-Bramble,
M.D., M.B.A.
Executive Director, Goldberg Center for Community Pediatric Health
Children’s National Medical Center
Washington, D.C.
Joseph Hobbs,
M.D.
Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Vice Dean for Primary Care and Community Affairs
School of Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
Mark A. Kelley,
M.D.
Executive Vice President
Henry Ford Health System
Detroit, MI
Thomas E. Keane,
M.D.
Director, Reuben J. Williams Foundation
New York, NY
Spencer Nabors, M.D., M.P.H., M.A
SUNY Downstate/Kings County Hospital
New York, NY
Kendall Reed,
D.O., F.A.C.O.S., F.A.C.S.
Dean and Professor of Surgery
Des Moines University
College of Osteopathic Medicine
Des Moines, IA
Sheldon M.
Retchin, M.D., M.S.P.H
Virginia Commonwealth University  Medical Center
Richmond, VA
Vicki L. Seltzer,
M.D.
Professor and Chairman
Department of OB/Gyn
Long Island Jewish Medical Center
New Hyde Park, NY
Jason C. Shu,
M.D.
Professor of Clinical Practice and Ob/Gyn
Pennsylvania College of Technology
Montoursville, PA
William L.
Thomas, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs
MedStar Health
Columbia, MD
Leana S. Wen,
M.A., B.S.
National President
American Medical Student Association
Washington, D.C.
Designee
of the Assistant Secretary for Health
Anand Parekh, M.D., M.P.H.
Senior Medical Advisor
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health
Washington, D.C.
Designee
of the Department of Veterans Affairs
Barbara K. Chang, M.D., M.A.
Director of Program Evaluation
Office of Academic Affiliations
Albuquerque, NM
Designee
of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Tzvi M. Hefter
Director
Division of Acute CareBaltimore, MD
COGME Staff
Jerald M. Katzoff
Executive Secretary and Designated Federal Official
Marilyn Biviano,
Ph.D.
Director, Division of Medicine and Dentistry
Eva M. Stone
Program Analyst and Committee Management Specialist
Anne F. Patterson
Secretary
